Before QRO lists our own top albums of an even more awful year, we give our contributors a chance to cast their votes:
Ted Chase
1 The Felice Brothers, Undress
2 Purple Mountains, Purple Mountains
3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Ghosteen
4 Leeroy Stagger, Strange Truth
5 Bob Mould, Sunshine Rock
6 Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 1
7 Titus Andronicus, An Obelisk
8 Elbow, Giants of All Sizes
9 Better Oblivion Community Center, Better Oblivion Community Center
10 Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 2
11 The National, I Am Easy To Find
12 Yeasayer, Erotic Reruns
13 Andrew Bird, My Finest Work Yet
14 Alex Lahey, The Best of Luck Club
15 Strand of Oaks, Eraserland
16 Flight of the Conchords, Live In London
17 The Twilight Sad, IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
18 Bear Hands, Fake Tunes
19 Jonathan, To Hold
20 The Flaming Lips, King’s Mouth
Frank Donnelly
1 Lambchop, This Is What I Wanted To Tell You
2 Pixies, Beneath the Eyrie
3 Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance
4 Iggy Pop, Free
5 Join Me In the Pines, Monomania
6 Lloyd Cole, Guesswork
7 Thom Yorke, Anima
8 Bon Iver, i,i
9 Wilco, Ode To Joy
10 Efterklang, Altid Sammen
11 Elbow, Giants of All Sizes
12 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Ghosteen
13 Flying Lotus, Flamagra
14 Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, Two
15 The Who, Who
16 Michael Kiwanuka, Kiwanuka
Will Fenwick
1 Cage the Elephant, Social Cues
2 White Reaper, You Deserve Love
3 Boa, Someplace Special
4 White Woolly, Trois
5 Jack Harlow, Confetti
6 Temples, Hot Motion
7 Sunflower Bean, King of the Dudes
8 Twin Peaks, Lookout Now
9 Caamp, By and By
10 Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell
Mike Gutierrez
Gabriel Birnbaum, Not Alone
Dåm-Funk, STFU II
Garcia Peoples, One Step Behind
Kim Gordon, No Home Record
The Hecks, My Star
Lower Dens, The Competition
Pile, Green and Grey
Daniel Knox, Chasescene
Christine Hannon
1 Slighter, Automata
2 Xiu Xiu, Girl with Basket of Fruit
3 Kate Bush, The Other Sides (rarities)
4 Black Mass, Animated Violence Mild
5 Drab Majesty, Modern Mirror
6 Toro y Moi, Outer Peace
7 The Twilight Sad, IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
8 Beirut, Gallipoli
9 HEALTH, VOL.4 :: Slaves of Fear
10 Ladytron, Ladytron
Emily Korn
1 FKA Twigs, MAGDALENE
2 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
3 Japanese House, Good At Falling
4 Sabrina Claudio, Truth Is
5 slenderbodies, komorebi
Mike Infanger
1 Duncan Barlow, Colony Collapse
2 Hot Chip, A Bath Full of Ecstasy
3 Sofia Talvik, Paws of a Bear
4 The Monochrome Set, Fabula Mendax
5 Delicate Steve, Till I Burn Up
6 Minor Stars, Through Pinholes to the Sky
7 Morrissey, California Son
8 A.A. Bondy, Enderness
9 Lennon Claypool Delirium, South of Reality
10 The Specials, Encore
11 Kindness, Something Like a War
Dana Miller
1 The Raconteurs, Help Us Stranger
2 The Murder Capital, When I Have Fears
3 Amyl & The Sniffers, Amyl & The Sniffers
4 Chemical Brothers, No Geography
5 Coldplay, Everyday Life
6 Stella Donnelly, Beware of the Dogs
7 Idlewild, Interview Mirror
8 Cigarettes After Sex, Cry
9 Rival Sons, Feral Roots
10 Ex Hex, It’s Real
11 Kazu Makino, Adult Baby
12 Cherry Glazerr, Stuffed and Ready
13 Palehoud, Black Friday
14 Silversun Pickups, Widow’s Weeds
15 Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres, Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres
16 Juliana Hatfield, Weird
17 Mattiel, Satis Factory
18 Pedro the Lion, Big Scary Monsters
19 Shonen Knife, Sweet Candy Power
20 Sunflower Bean, King of the Dudes
Howard Shiau
1 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
2 MUNA, Saves the World
3 Karen O & Danger Mouse, Lux Prima
4 Aurora, A Different Kind of Human (Step II)
5 Starcrawler, Devour You
6 Julia Jacklin, Crushing
7 Charly Bliss, Young Enough
8 Sunflower Bean, King of the Dudes
9 Silversun Pickups, Widow’s Weeds
10 Dido, Still On My Mind
